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13848516595SikhismReligious tradition of northern India founded by Guru Nanak ca. 1500; combines elements of Hinduism and Islam and proclaims the brotherhood of all humans and the equality of men and women.0
13848516596Anti-Semitismpolicies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews1
13848516597ChartismThe principles of a body of 19th century English reformers and mass protests who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people.2
13848516598ColonialismThe practice of having and running colonies.3
13848516599New ImperialismHistorians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers and the United States, which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.4
13848516600Pan-SlavismA movement to promote the independence of Slav people. Roughly started with the Congress in Prague; supported by Russia. Led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.5
13848516601Positivismthe form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)6
13848516602Communisma theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.7
13848516603Conservatisma political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes8
13848516604Racismdiscriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race9
13848516605Corporatisma political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party;public policy is typically the result of negotiations among representatives of the state and key interest groups10
13848516606RealismThis was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion11
13848516607RevisionismSocialist thought that disagreed with Marx's formulation; believed that social and economic progress could be achieved through existing political institutions.12
13848516608DeismThe religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.13
13848516609Empiricismthe view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment.14
13848516610ExistentialismA philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean-Paul Satre, Soren Kierkegaard ("the father of _______"), Albert Camus, Freidrich Nietzche, Franz Kafka, and Simone de Beauvoir.15
13848516611RomanticismAn artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.16
13848516612ZionismA worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel. https://o.quizlet.com/RIizdTFriUzka4h5eYASSA_m.jpg17
13848516613FascismA system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini. https://o.quizlet.com/0lGF4aWN.K3zntXNEIuaMw_m.jpg18
13848516614UtilitarianismThe theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700s, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people.19
13848516615Feminismthe belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men20
13848516616Humanisman intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics21
13848516617ImperialismA policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.22
13848516618Isolationisma policy of non-involvement in foreign affairs23
13848516619ImpressionismMajor Western artistic style that gained prominence in the second half of the 1800s and into the 1900s. Against Realism, visual impression of a moment, style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience, often very colorful.24
13848516620JansenismA branch of Catholicism which resembled Protestantism. Emphasized need for God's grace in achieving salvation and the importance of original sin. Louis XIV took special actions to restrict the rights of this group and force them underground.25
13848516621LiberalismA political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.26
13848516622MannerismArtistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art. Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space.27
13848516623MarxismThe economic and political theories of ______ __________and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded28
13848516624Mercantilisman economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests29
13848516625Militarisma political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests30
13848516626Modernismpractices typical of contemporary life or thought31
13848516627Nationalismlove of country and willingness to sacrifice for it32
13848516628Nazisma form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism, The doctrines of nationalism, racial purity, anti-Communism, and the all-powerful role of the State. The National Socialist German Workers Party encouraged this and it was advocated by Adolf Hitler in Germany.33
13848516629DaoismChinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns34
13848516630Confucianismthe system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct35
13848516631LegalismIn China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime36
13848516632AnimismBelief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.37
13848516633ZoroastrianismA religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahura mazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil38
13848516634FederalismA system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments39
13848516635Centralismdenotes the concentration of a government's power into a centralized government. This takes away some of the powers of the states and puts more power into the hands of the executive leader40
13848516636FeudalismA political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land41
13848516637Protectionismgovernment policy of insulating domestic industries from the world market through import tariffs and taxes.42
13848516638ManorialismAn economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production.43
13848516639Radicalisma political philosophy that emphasizes the need to find and eliminate the basic injustices of society; seek what they consider the roots of the economic, political, and social wrongs of society and demand immediate and sweeping changes to wipe them out; a belief that rapid, dramatic changes need to be made to existing society, usually think current system cannot be saved and must be overturned44
13848516640ProtestantismReligions born of protests to the practices of Catholicism45

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